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Patent GB-2306023-A (GB)
Title: Financial market transaction control system
Inventor: MIDORIKAWA HIDEYO
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 1996-08-02
Abstract: A central computer 100 is connected through communication circuits 120 with a plurality of terminal devices 110A, llOB .... such that the users of the terminal devices do not suffer disadvantages in dealing produced by differences in transmission time with respect to the central computer. Prior to ordinary processing, the transmission time required to effect information transmission between the central computer and the various terminal devices is measured. Using the result of this measurement, an adjustment time is then set in each terminal device such as to make the transmission time coincide with a reference time. When in receipt of transaction information, each terminal device displays this transaction information after the lapse of the adjustment time following physical reception. And when a transaction request is input at each terminal device, this transaction request is transmitted to the central computer when the adjustment time has elapsed after the actual time of input.
Patent GB-2309443-A (GB)
Title: Luggage compartment construction
Inventor: TAKANISHI TOSHIAKI
IPC: B62D25/24
Filed: 1996-08-29
Abstract: A luggage compartment construction comprises a spare tire housing 5 provided under a luggage compartment 3 to contain a spare tire 6, a spare tire board 7 for closing an opening of the spare tire housing, and a back panel trim 12 for covering a back panel member 11 disposed at the lower rear part of the luggage compartment, in which a box-shaped storage portion 13, which is used as a container, is integrally formed at the lower part 12a of the back panel trim by extending the lower part of the back panel trim to the lower rear side of the spare tire board and by bending the extended portion.
Patent GB-2316739-A (GB)
Title: Heating transported substances
Inventor: HOGGA ABDELBAKI
IPC: B60H1/18
Filed: 1996-09-02
Abstract: A transportation system for substances in containers is proposed which is particularly useful for the transport of substances which have their melting point in the range of environmental temperatures. As these substances may arrive at their destination in a solid condition the exhaust gases of the transport truck are used to keep the transported substance at an elevated temperature level. In order to achieve this, the exhaust pipe (6) of the truck is connected to a pipe system (20) which connects the exhaust to a heat exchanger (9, 18, Fig.4) which permits the exhaust gases to flow through the heat exchanger and transfer a share of their heat energy to the transported substance. The exhaust gasses leave the heat exchanger through evacuation openings (12a, 12b, figure 3). The container (8, figure 4) preferably comprises a parallelepipedical outer housing (19) and a cylindrical inner housing (10).
Patent GB-2305324-A (GB)
Title: Correcting asigmatism and focusing of lens for electron beam
Inventor: OGASAWARA MUNEHIRO
IPC: H01J37/153
Filed: 1996-09-09
Abstract: To correct astigmatism and focusing in a charged particle lens, Fourier transformation data items are obtained, which indicate images obtained by scanning a sample with a charged particle beam and receiving secondary electrons when the focal distance of the lens is set to each of at least two different values (S1 - S3). A functional of the Fourier transforms R = A exp (+/- i (2* small Greek theta * + * small Greek alpha *) ) is then generated for real A, * small Greek theta *, * small Greek alpha * (* small Greek alpha * gives the direction of the astigmatism) and A is minimized. This corrects astigmatism and focusing (S6). As a result, an electron microscope can perform highly accurate astigmatism correction and focusing during observation, irrespective of the surface configuration of the sample or the beam section on the sample.
Patent GB-2305648-A (GB)
Title: A bale Wrapping apparatus
Inventor: MCHALE PADRAIG CHRISTOPHER
IPC: A01F15/07
Filed: 1996-09-27
Abstract: Bale wrapping apparatus 1 is adapted to deposit a wrapped cylindrical bale (2) onto the ground with its main axis (39) vertical. The bale wrapper 1 comprises a bale support table 20 with means 35, 37 for rotating the bale about the main axis (39) during wrapping. The bale support table 20 is tippable into a raised tipped position for tipping the bale (2) onto a bale support platform 52. The bale support platform 52 is carried on a carrier framework 53 which is pivotal from a bale receiving position to a bale delivery position for delivering the wrapped bale (2) onto the ground. The bale support platform 52 is tiltable about a pivot shaft 81 which is carried on the carrier framework 53 for sliding and toppling the bale (2) from the platform 52 to the ground with an end (51) of the bale (2) resting on the ground. As the carrier framework 53 approaches the delivery position, a tilt member 85 engages the bale support platform 52 for tilting the bale support platform 52. The bale support table 20 is also rotatable about a vertical axis during wrapping.
Patent GB-2320205-A (GB)
Title: Game board
Inventor: HAIR THOMAS
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1996-12-13
Abstract: A game board comprises a plurality of play spaces arranged in ranks and files in which the files are arranged radially from a point at the centre of the playing surface. The playing surface may comprises stepped ranks so that one or more ranks are raised above other ranks or may comprise a wall-like structure round one rank. The board may be used to play games of the chess, draughts, halma, snakes and ladders or word game families.
Patent GB-2308923-A (GB)
Title: Transformer winding structure
Inventor: MOON MYOUNG-LIB
IPC: H01F17/00
Filed: 1996-12-24
Abstract: A transformer winding structure comprises a laminate of a flat ring-shaped core 65 inserted between two flexible flat ring-shaped elements 50A, 50B. Each of the said ring-shaped elements 50A, 50B comprises a flexible flat ring-shaped insulating member 52 with a plurality of conductors 54 formed on the surface thereof such that the conductors extend in a radial direction. A flexible flat ring-shaped insulating layer 62 is arranged to cover the middle region of the conductors 54 whilst leaving the ends exposed to allow the conductors 54 to be interconnected. The laminate is formed and the conductors 54 are interconnected such that a conductive coil is formed which surrounds the core 65 and the insulating layers 62. Holes 58, 60 may be arranged in the ring-shaped members 50A, 50B to align the conductors for interconnection and may also be used for terminal points. A plurality of the above winding structures may be interconnected to form a large coil.
Patent GB-2321345-A (GB)
Title: Lamp bulb with flat insertion base
Inventor: HUANG PETER K H
IPC: F21V19/00
Filed: 1997-01-17
Abstract: An improved miniature lamp structure, wherein, two conductors (51, 52; 72, 73; 81, 82) are positioned by a burned bead (53) in the lamp bulb (50, 70, 80), a tungsten filament (54) is provided on the top of the conductors (51, 52; 72, 73; 81, 82) of which the ends (55, 56) extend outwardly of a flat insertion connecting end (57, 71, 83) of the lamp bulb (50, 70, 80); it is characterized in that, the outwardly extending ends (55, 56) of the conductors (51, 52; 72, 73; 81, 82) are bended to be positioned on the two lateral sides (58, 59) of the flat insertion connecting end (57, 71, 83), so that they can be connected directly with two power line metal sheets (62, 63; 77, 78; 88, 89) provided in a connecting base (60, 76, 84). Metal contact sheets or caps required by ordinary miniature lamps can be saved in the present invention.
Patent GB-2313942-A (GB)
Title: Programmable logic with hierarchical interconnections and hyperlinks
Inventor: RUSH KENNETH
IPC: H03K19/177
Filed: 1997-06-03
Abstract: A field programmable logic device including a plurality of programmable atomic logic elements (PALES) logically arranged as a plurality of hierarchically coupled partitions. Each partition is defined by a unique set of the next lower hierarchy level partitions and an interconnect bus that extends only to the unique set of the latter that are within the partition. Fig.2 shows a tile 200 consisting of a PALE 100 and parts of levels 1-4 interconnect buses 211-214 respectively. PALE 100 has inputs A,B,C,D, a data output (provided at four points shown as black triangles) and a carry out. Hollow circles are programmable connections. Thus hyperlinks programmably couple the PALE data output signal to each of the interconnect busses in each of the higher levels of hierarchy that include the PALE. A tunnel connection 102 couples the PALE data output signal to adjacent neighbor PALEs without using the interconnect bus of any of the partitions. Even higher levels can be provided by subdividing interconnect buses, using multiplexers at chip edges.
Patent GB-2333132-A (GB)
Title: Spill valve control method.
Inventor: DEARN DAVID
IPC: F02D41/20
Filed: 1997-08-02
Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of an electromagnetically actuated spill valve 16, to relieve pressure in a fuel injector 15 pump chamber 14, comprises energising an actuating coil 18 and monitoring the rate of rise of the current in the coil to calculate a time of flight correction factor for the valve. Coil inductances are calculated using current time to rise data and compared with time of flight measurements to arrive at the correction factor. This enables the timing of triggering valves to be adjusted so that movement of the valve is completed at the desired instant e.g. for synchronising two valves.
Patent GB-2320035-A (GB)
Title: Device and method for winding deflection yoke with wire
Inventor: TAKA YOSHIO
IPC: H01J9/236
Filed: 1996-05-10
Abstract: A device and method for winding a deflection yoke, by which a flat wire is wound automatically on a deflection yoke. By using a nozzle unit (32) equipped with a nozzle (36) for feeding a flat wire (W) and a nozzle positioning means (38), a guide unit (33) equipped with a guide member (82) which engages with the wire (W) and guides the wire (W) and a guide member positioning means (73), and holder unit (35) which detachably holds a deflection yoke (H) on which the wire (W) is to be wound and is rotatable around its center axis; a flat wire (W) fed from the nozzle (36) is wound on the deflection yoke (H) while the wire (W) is bent by engaging the guide member (82) with the wire (W) at the corner section of the wire path. While the wire (W) is wound one turn, excessive twist of the wire (W) is prevented by rotating the yoke (H) by 360{ around its center axis and the nozzle (36) in the same direction.
Patent GB-2323114-A (GB)
Title: Kerb defining vehicle stop position
Inventor: BLOWER TIMOTHY JOHN
IPC: E01C11/22
Filed: 1998-02-13
Abstract: A kerb (10) defining a roadside passenger vehicle stopping position is bedded into the roadway so as to provide a horizontal face (24) extending into a planar face (26) which is upwardly and rearwardly angled. The latter extends into a vertical face (30) which extends into a top face (16). The horizontal face (24) is formed with a central upstanding ridge (34). When a vehicle tyre rides onto the face (24), the driver has a warning by virtue of the ridge (34) that the vehicle is on the intended stop surface. The profile of the planar face (26) accommodates the profile of the tyres and thus does not cause damage to the tyres when the vehicle is on the stop surface. In that position, the doors of the vehicle are adjacent the face (16) making it easy and safe for passengers to move onto and away from the vehicle.
Patent GB-2323510-A (GB)
Title: Press cultivator
Inventor: WRIGHT PHILIP JOHN
IPC: A01B29/04
Filed: 1998-04-08
Abstract: A press cultivator 10 for breaking down and consolidating ploughed ground prior to sowing with seed is shown in Figure 1. The cultivator 10 includes a levelling board 18, 46 ahead of two rows of press rings 14, 16. The levelling board 18 serves to consolidate the profile of the soil prior to it being acted upon by the press rings 14, 16. In one embodiment the levelling board 18 has a plurality of spaced leaf springs 34, while an alternative embodiment has a levelling board 46 comprising a rigid beam 48. One or more rows of tines 20, 30 may be provided ahead of the levelling board 18, 46 to further consolidate the profile of the soil.
Patent GB-2327024-A (GB)
Title: Deriving a Polyhedral Approximation of a Range Image
Inventor: KIM SEONG-BEOM
IPC: G06T17/00
Filed: 1998-04-08
Abstract: An apparatus for approximating a range image by using a polyhedral approximation technique first estimates depth data of the range image by using a predetermined 2-dimensional plane containing MxN pixels, M and N being positive integers, respectively. Based on the depth data for the range image, the apparatus calculates a weight for each of pixels in a target region within the predetermined 2-dimensional plane to thereby provide depth information containing the depth data and weights for the range image. Then, polyhedral approximation is performed on the range image based on the depth information to thereby provide plane information. A reconstructed range image is generated by using the plane information and a polyhedral approximated range image is produced by smoothing the reconstructed range image.
Patent GB-2336863-A (GB)
Title: A method of blasting
Inventor: HETHERINGTON ALAN
IPC: F42D1/28
Filed: 1998-05-01
Abstract: A method of blasting comprises introducing a gelling agent into a blast hole 4 containing water 5 to create a solid plug 6, and then introducing an explosive onto the plug.
Patent GB-2323872-A (GB)
Title: Subsurface safety valve having non-metallic, non-elastomeric seals
Inventor: JOHNSTON RUSSELL A
IPC: E21B34/00
Filed: 1995-10-10
Abstract: A subsurface safety valve 10 comprising a tubular valve housing 12, a valve closure member, an axially shiftable flow tube 24 for opening the valve closure member, spring means (38, fig 2) for biasing the flow tube towards a closed position and a piston and cylinder assembly 26 for moving the flow tube to an open position and incorporating at least one non-metallic, non-elastomeric seal.
Patent GB-2330807-A (GB)
Title: Hub plate assembly for a steering wheel
Inventor: EXNER GREGORY F
IPC: B25B27/00
Filed: 1997-05-22
Abstract: A hub plate assembly (26) comprises a hub plate (34) having an axial bore (38), a pair of transverse slots (40, 42), and a gear (36) including a gear portion (44) and a threaded shaft (46) extending from the gear portion. The threaded shaft is disposed in the axial bore and is received in a threaded bore of a steering column shaft. The transverse slots provide access to the gear for driving the gear. The hub plate assembly includes a removable tool (48) which preferably includes a worm gear (50) which drives the gear (36) to attach or detach the hub plate assembly to a steering column shaft. The two transverse slots each provide access to the gear for driving the gear in opposite directions for attachment or detachment.
Patent GB-2331252-A (GB)
Title: Bungie jumping ropes
Inventor: MIRFIN BRIAN
IPC: A63B5/16
Filed: 1998-11-17
Abstract: An elastic cord for bungie jumping comprises an elongate elastic portion 120 and an elongate inelastic portion 123 which is longer than the elastic portion and is bound thereto. A second elastic cord comprises two elongate elastic cords bound together. The cord may comprise more than one section releasibly coupled to each other 125. The invention provides a safety device in the case of snapping of one of the elongate elastic portions. There is also disclosed (Figure 5) a connector between the elastic cord and the amusement device support structure which has joints 51, 55 which allow rotation of the connector about two axes simultaneously.
Patent GB-2332066-A (GB)
Title: Optical modulator and transmitter using isolator
Inventor: KIM SUNG-JUN
IPC: G02B27/28
Filed: 1998-12-08
Abstract: An optical modulator using an isolator, and an optical transmitter including the same are provided. The optical modulator includes an isolator including a Faraday rotator 304, the magnetic field in which is provided by a magnetic field generator controlled by an electric signal generator, double refraction elements 302 and 306, and collimators 300 and 308. Isolation of a continuous wave optical signal is activated or deactivated, thereby modulating the signal.
Patent GB-2344844-A (GB)
Title: Cavity closer and sill assembly
Inventor: MASKERY ANDREW JOHN
IPC: E06B1/00
Filed: 1998-12-15
Abstract: A cavity closer assembly comprises a cavity closer (10) and a sill (11). The cavity closer fits into a cavity (14) between inner (12) and outer (13) walls and has portions that at least partially overlie the end surfaces (15,16) of the inner and outer walls. Part of the cavity closer forms a slot with the end surface of the outer wall into which an end of the sill is insertable by varying amounts.
Patent GB-2333347-A (GB)
Title: Semi-embeddable valve for an inflatable object
Inventor: PESTEL DOMINIQUE
IPC: F16K15/20
Filed: 1999-01-06
Abstract: A pneumatic valve (1) for an inflatable object such as a boat is partially embedded in an aperture (22) in the flexible wall (21) of the object. The valve comprises valve body (2) containing a valve mechanism (1) and two collars (18, 20) like truncated cones surrounding the valve body (2) and gripping between them a portion of the flexible wall (21). The two collars (18, 20) belong to two respective rings (17, 19) removably attached to the valve body (2). A seal (16) is provided between the lower ring (17) and the valve body (2). The valve body (2) has transverse dimension approximately identical to the aperture (22) and fitting the valve (2) to or removing it from the flexible wall (21) can be carried out entirely from the exterior of the flexible wall (21). The ring (17) may be incorporated inside the inflatable object during manufacture or may be semi-rigid allowing it to assume an oval shape to allow it to be introduced into the inflatable object through the aperture (22).
Patent GB-2350336-A (GB)
Title: Bicycle for use on snow
Inventor: WALLER DAVID ROY SYKES
IPC: B62K13/00
Filed: 1999-05-22
Abstract: The bicycle has a board or boards 8,9 attached to it by a bracket or brackets 10,11 which may be rotatable about the wheel axles 6a,7a from a position for engagement with the ground to a disengaged position. A single bracket extending beneath both wheels may be provided. A drive track, operated form the rear wheel 6 in a tyre engaging pulley, may be moved into position beneath the rear wheel, into a gap in the (rear) board.
Patent GB-2349905-A (GB)
Title: Roller device for displacement of railroad switching rails
Inventor: MANTOVAN GILSON ETORE
IPC: E01B7/02
Filed: 1999-07-12
Abstract: The device has at one end a shaped locking plate (1), and a parallel pair of trapezium-shaped longitudinal plates (2) with vertical rectangular cuts (3) locating shafts of corresponding rollers (5) for supporting a switching rail (20) when displaced. On the opposite end of the device, an L-shaped laminar rib (8) is mounted on a transversal U-shaped plate (11) with horizontal sleepers (D). The L-shaped end (8) is provided with a pair of through-holes accepting bolts (8b) surrounded by clamping means, e.g springs, and fixed to the support plate (11).
Patent GB-2341396-A (GB)
Title: Molten salt electrolysis of nuclear waste
Inventor: KONDO NARUHITO
IPC: C22B60/02
Filed: 1999-09-09
Abstract: A waste treatment apparatus treats radioactive contaminated waste from a nuclear fuel material handling facility to decontaminate the radioactive contaminated waste by using an electrolytic molten salt, and reuses the electrolytic molten salt so that any effluents are not produced. Radioactive contaminated waste (10) from a nuclear fuel material handling facility is subjected to electrolysis by a molten salt electrolysis unit (20) to decontaminate the waste (10). The used salt (16) used for decontaminating the waste (10) is filtered to separate nuclear fuel materials (19) from the used salt (16). The filtered salt (18) is reused by the molten salt electrolysis unit (20). The salt adhering to the decontaminated waste (12) is recovered by an evaporating unit (59, Fig 1), and the recovered salt (15) is reused by the molten salt electrolysis unit (20). In a modification the nuclear fuel material in contaminated waste is reduced to metal, a molten salt is produced by heating and melting the metal and the waste, and the molten salt is electrolysed so that the metal produced by reducing the nuclear fuel material is deposited on the cathode of the electrolytic cell used.
Patent GB-2344024-A (GB)
Title: Locating a mobile terminal in a cellular network
Inventor: HAVINIS THEODORE
IPC: H04W8/06
Filed: 1999-09-10
Abstract: A telecommunications system and method is disclosed for providing location information to a requesting location application (LA)380, which can consist of either real-time data or historical data when the subscriber reguested to be positioned is either absent or not reachable. The historical data is preferably stored per subscriber in a database within a serving Mobile Switching Center/Visitor Location Register (MSC/VLR) 360 following a successful positioning of that subscriber. This historical data can consist of the location information 364 along with a time stamp 360 indicating the time that the location information was obtained and stored in the MSC/VLR. The age of the location information can then be calculated by determining the difference between the current read value of the system clock and the value of the time stamp information stored in the MSC/VLR for that particular location information.
Patent GB-2342640-A (GB)
Title: System for autonomous excavation and truck loading
Inventor: STENTZ ANTHONY
IPC: G05D3/00
Filed: 1999-10-01
Abstract: A system 20 comprises an earthmoving machine 22 equipped with a scanning sensor system 24 operable to provide data regarding regions within an earthmoving environment (26, Fig. 1), including excavation and loading regions (204, 212, Fig. 4) and a planning and control module 30 operable to receive data from said scanning sensor system to plan a task while concurrently performing another task associated with the control of the earthmoving machine 22. Preferably, the scanning sensor system 24 comprises a laser (40, Fig. 3) or radar (not shown) rangefinder which is capable of movement about an axis in order to scan the earthmoving environment (26, Fig. 1). The system may comprise an obstacle detector 84, which produces a signal for halting the operation of the earthmoving machine 22 if an obstacle is detected in the earthmoving environment (26, Fig. 1). Preferably, the planning and control module 30 is operable to select a starting location within said earthmoving environment, may also determine the position and orientation of a loading receptacle (206, Fig. 4) and may further determine a location in said loading receptacle in which to place excavated material. Preferably also, the planning and control module 30 is operable to generate commands for controlling the operation of the scanning sensor system 24. Preferably, the system 20 further comprises a machine controller interface 100 operable to receive a command from the planning and control module 30 and to transmit the command to, and control operation of, the earthmoving machine 22. Preferably, the system may further comprise a position system 44 which is operable to transmit position data of the earthmoving machine 22 within said earthmoving environment. A system wherein the scanning sensor system 24 comprises first and second sensors 40, 42 being operable to rotate to scan a field of view greater than zero degrees in first and second planes (not shown) around the earthmoving machine 22 is also disclosed, the sensors having independently adjustable fields of view. Preferably, said first and second planes are vertical planes.